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ELLESMERE Port in Cheshire, is a town with outstanding prospects and is a great place to live and work – this is the message Sky

A NEW volunteer-led charity, the Wessex Waterways Restoration Trust will be officially launched at Bushton Village Hall, near Royal Wootton Bassett, Wiltshire SN4 7PX  at

By Clark Williamson, contracts director, ECS Engineering Services Ltd BRAYFORD Waterfront offers a scenic social space for Lincoln’s inhabitants, with restaurants, entertainments and events bringing

IDLE Women is celebrating the launch of the UK’s first medicinal herb garden for women and girls, located beside the Leeds & Liverpool Canal. Idle

THE ABC Leisure Group has announced the acquisition of Pridewater Estates Limited which has four marinas set in beautfil landscaped locations. Carl Onens, MD at ABC Leisure Group, said: “This acquisition enables ABC to expand its leisure offering through camping and caravanning while sticking to the company’s core principles of operating inland waterways marinas. The ethos of Pridewater mirrors that of ABC in many ways.” Bob Hutton, Director at Greenford Ltd, commented that he was “delighted the marinas had gone to a good home.” Pridewater Estates have around 300 moorings and all associated services as well as caravan sites and holiday lets. The marinas are Fazeley Mill and Kings Orchard in Staffordshire, Grove Lock in Leighton Buzzard and New Mills in Derbyshire.

THE Environment Agency is investing £2.4 million this winter, as part of its annual programme of essential works along the non-tidal length of the River

THE Canal & River Trust is planning to undertake extra maintenance work on the waterways that have been forced to close because of the drought

A NEW craze has been sweeping through the north west and the little canalside village of Audlem has become an epicentre. Audlem Rocks is the